Carriage-top.



"G. W. HEDRIGK.

CARRIAGE TOP. I APPLIUATION FILED 001.2, 1908. I 95 2 Patented Apr. 19,1910.

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CARRIAGE TOP.

APPLICATION FILED 0012,1908,

' Patented Apr. 19,1916.

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596 I U0: 1 lo wilbuco be arranged either uorei coniin siren @EFFFKQE GEORGE W. HEDEICK, 0F DAYTON, VIRGINIA.

oAnnmsuror.

955,512. gresifififim of Knitters Patented Apr. 1%, 1931 Application filed October :2, 1902. Serial E0. @5323.

To all 'rfizom it may concern: of 4i. 7 is 2. detail sectional View Be it known that I, Gnonon ii". His-onion, a. citizen of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Eocliinghmn and State oi Virginia, have invented a. new and useiui Carriage-Top, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improven ients in carriage tops.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of carriage tops, more especially the construction anal arrangement of the curtains, anti to provide it simple, inexpensive sud eiiicient arrangement of curtains, adapted to be rea'clily up plied to various carriages, such as surreys, buggies, phuet-ons, etc, and capable of fording conipiete protection to the occupants. i

A further object of the invention is to urrunge the curtains so that they will be out of the way, .rhen not in, use and to enable them to lie-quickly closed and secured when desired.

The invention nls provide :1 front or 0 has for its object to orin curt-sin, adapted to L i I ext-reins front of o.

or at an inter-- surr y or unulogo inediutc on 'iose the tr With these it invention (1411 objects in View, the construction and.

t" hereinafter fully described, 1 a n the 9.060311} snying drawings, uno pointed. in the clniins hereto appended; it being understood that var ious changes in the form, proportion, size and minor details of construction, within the scope of the claims, may he resorted to without departing from the spirit or seerificin any of the ui'ivantages of the invention.

In the clra.wiugs:-l:-igurc i is a perspective view of ii surrey body and top provided with curtains,constructed in sccorrl :nice with this invention. Fig. 2 is s similar l view, showing the 't'rontcurtuin upplieti to a buggy. Fig, 3 is n transverse sectional View, illustrating the arrangement oi: the curtains when applied to a surrey, us shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 4c is a longitudinal sectional view, the front or storm curtain being shown at an intermediate point in. i'uil lines. Fig. 5 is a detail horizontal sectional view, taken sub- 1 designates u transverse curtain suppor ing bar, secured by suitable brackets 2 to one of thetrunsverse top bars 3 of a surrey top at, but the improvements hereinshown and and styles of carriages and nnulogous vehicles, as wiil be readily understood. The brackets 2 are preferably L-shupeil. and coin sist of vertical and horizontui portions, the vertical por ions being secured to the our sin supporting her 1, and the horizontal portions being eitocheci to the transverse our 3,

as clearly iliustrateci in F 2 i of the draw-- ings. The terminals of the curt-sin support-' ing her 1 are rouncieci anti 1 re equipped with dope-m 'ng hangers and (i, curved at their upper portions to conform to the configuration of the rounded edges of the supporting bar 1, provided with naertures for the journals ore roller 7 of u iront sc'orm curtoin 8. The roller, which is spring actuated, has a rounded journal at one end and is {:30- vided at its other end with a, polygonal -iournal, which is connected with the spring of the roller in the usual inonueix 'i he sperture of the hanger 5 is, rounded, and the other hanger (3 is provided. with an oblong opening to conform to theconfiguration of the journals oi the spring uctuzited curtain roiler. The hangers 5 and 8 support the front curtain 8 in spaced relation with the supporting nrjl, and the free end of the curtain 8 is provided with a strin or her 9, adapted to engage the supporting hurl to forms stop to limit the upward movement. oi the curtain. The space between the curmin 8 and the supporting our 1 gradually lessens as the curtain winds around roller and after the curtain is wounfi, u), the space is too sniullto admitnf tife str p stuntiully on the line '-5 of Fig. Fig. 6 is a ver Drool scctionui view on the line 6-6 or bar passing through it, so that the strip v i responding in oil the or" the drawings,

described are applicable to various formsor same is an s12 pporting ment of the the sup ,orz

movemem 0 ich extends substance between the sides of T Vidd :1? its fi e edge the strip or ba e means 28yrefemb1y V i extending how the I i'talns if and en studs 0f the bod The [651? m" meuntmi 11} and are SLIPPOTIXQA secure to the as ibeir inner in? the Strip rent- 01" storm Riop of the whi e 0f the lninals with L and ,Ae hooks sages the dash whereby he fmni cmtain is firmly The out curtain is window 14; of Risk-w 1 and if ith :1 slot- 1 i e exiei'ior afi r wvering the r j mg 1-5 permi'is longii'zzfim'i ha. 011%- cuz'iain mm V river. reflex". mm 211 2121? equipped. and 2? an intermediate paint with mm; adjacent t0 iisaside the adjaceni:

1 am adapts curtains extend. "0111 (me "the war side 1121: the vehicia tap and the inner face from or stem; curpoint to expsse the and shid the rear "@1021 if the J'Jilt of mg g:

l cm'respondl 1 9" m 1:, 0 me 12.1 apehum-J interim sit the s1 y of the 2S may be lower edge at each side curtains l9 ing ,Y 7 tams 20 and a. H stvfs 20" 0f lower afiig es sf inforced J bow. The s ring 47, which is connected with the hoo' 45, is concealed within the bottom casing 48 of the front curtain, as clearly shown in Fig. 10 of the drawings.

The front curtain 43 cooperates with the storm apron 49, which may be of any preferred construction.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is I y l. The combination with a vehicle top having a transverse bar, of a curtain supporting bar extending across the front of the vehicle top and arranged adjacent to 2. A vehicle body "having front and rearseats and: including a! storm curtain provided with a roller mounted within the vehicle to'p, said curtain also havin intermediate eyes located at opposite si es of the curtain, and supporting means carried by the top of the vehicle and located in rear of the curtain roller and at a point in advance of the rear seat for suspending the curtain from the vehicle top at an intermediate point, whereby the storm curtain may be arranged directly in front of either the front or rear seat.

3. A storm curtain for shielding eitherthe front or rear seat of a vehicle including supportin means for the curtain designed to be ocate above the front portion of the front seat, hooks designed to be secured to the top of the Vehicle at points above the back of the front seat, means carried by the storm' curtain and located at a point intermediate of its ends for engaging the hooksto sup- .port the storm curtain when the same is arranged for shielding the rear seat, and means for securing the free edge of the storm curtain to the dash of the vehicle when the curtain is arran ed for shielding the front seat.

4. A vehicle top including front and rear longitudinal curtainsupporting bars having depending hangers, front and rear side cursald hangers, and a back curtain provided tains provided with rollers mounted in the with a roller mounted in the adjacent hangers of the rear longitudinal sup orting bar.

5. A vehicle top including ongitudinal curtain supporting bars provided with front and rearhangers having bearings, the rear hangers being also provided with side 'recesses,'and si curtains provided with rollas mounted in the bearings of the hangers, and a back curtain having a roller mounted in the side recesses of the rear hangers.

6. A vehicle top including a front storm curtain, front and rear side curtains overlapped'at their adjacent edges and provided with means for connecting them together, hangersfor the said curtain, and a back ourtain supported by the hangers of the rear side curtains and having loops slidably connected with the vehicle top. 3

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE WI HEDRIGK.

Witnesses:

W. J. CAMPBELL, H. T. WHARTON. 

